Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Thread

Dangerous · 5 Oct 2015 at 18:15

Dell XPS13 :cool:

I wanted a SP3 when they were released but there was so many delays, in the meantime Dell released the XPS13 with 13" in a 11" form factor i7,ssd, touch and a amazing screen.

Really glad I went with the Dell over the SP.

Warp279 · 6 Oct 2015 at 12:27

Dangerous said:
Dell XPS13

I wanted a SP3 when they were released but there was so many delays, in the meantime Dell released the XPS13 with 13" in a 11" form factor i7,ssd, touch and a amazing screen.

Really glad I went with the Dell over the SP.

Gave the xps13 a try but it had issues, mainly a hissing sound when the backlit keys were on. Also tried the SP2 but that thing sounded like a jet engine & the back was hot enough to cook eggs on

Hoping this new one delivers :cool:

Cosimo · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:09

But you may want this instead:

Warp279 · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:09

Decisions..

dromi · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:38

Also add to the competition the sony vaio Z canvas released yesterday I believe!

Looks really nice as well

Cosimo · 6 Oct 2015 at 17:40

Specs, etc on US store:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store...9403400?icid=en_US_Surface_homepage_PH_100615

Nutella33 · 6 Oct 2015 at 18:21

Be nice if they said which Nvidia GPU it is, unless its an X1? which would make sense

sgavan · 6 Oct 2015 at 18:49

I like the surface book

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:12

Nutella33 said:
Be nice if they said which Nvidia GPU it is, unless its an X1? which would make sense

Not really, X1 is an ARM SoC, not a GPU. Hopefully a midrange Maxwell.

Nutella33 · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:23

Orcvader said:
Not really, X1 is an ARM SoC, not a GPU. Hopefully a midrange Maxwell.

Would like to think so but I'm a bit worried as they aren't saying a model number.

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:47

So cheapest SP4 in the US is $899, which is roughly £590. On the UK site it states "Starting at £749" which if the same model seems to be a fairly high jump...

413x · 6 Oct 2015 at 19:50

Cosimo said:
But you may want this instead:

You know it's against forum rules to post sexually explicit material?

*Grabs tissues *

LukieBoy007 · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:18

Orcvader said:
So cheapest SP4 in the US is $899, which is roughly £590. On the UK site it states "Starting at £749" which if the same model seems to be a fairly high jump...

I think the US prices don't include tax? Or am I just being silly?

Glaucus · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:24

LukieBoy007 said:
I think the US prices don't include tax? Or am I just being silly?

You're right, so direct conversion should be £708

chrismscotland · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:25

Its certainly made my purchasing decision much harder, I'd just settled on a 15" Macbook Pro and a tablet of some kind as an accompaniment, and was planning on buying one this week but the enhanced specs of the higher end Surface Pro 4's (i7 and 16GB RAM) make me think that it might actually suffice as an editing machine plugged into my 24" dell monitor... will be keen to see UK pricing and release dates. I might just get the Macbook and look to pickup a reduced SP3 for when I'm mobile.

Glaucus · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:27

chrismscotland said:
Its certainly made my purchasing decision much harder, I'd just settled on a 15" Macbook Pro and a tablet of some kind as an accompaniment, and was planning on buying one this week but the enhanced specs of the higher end Surface Pro 4's (i7 and 16GB RAM) make me think that it might actually suffice as an editing machine plugged into my 24" dell monitor... will be keen to see UK pricing and release dates. I might just get the Macbook and look to pickup a reduced SP3 for when I'm mobile.

Have you seen the surface book.

cu3ed · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:41

Glaucus said:
You're right, so direct conversion should be £708

Their website prices don't include the tax, it only goes up.

Glaucus · 6 Oct 2015 at 21:42

cu3ed said:
Their website prices don't include the tax, it only goes up.

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2015 at 22:23

Nutella33 said:
Would like to think so but I'm a bit worried as they aren't saying a model number.

Rewatched the Book video, and it does state dedicated GDDR5 memory for the Nvidia GPU so that actually rules out the low end GPUs. If it's Maxwell we're looking at a GTX 950M as the possible minimum. Not 100% sure but I think that might be comparable with the R9 M370X used in the current best MBP. The SB truly does seem like a MBP killer. This is all my current speculation though, come on Microsoft, lay out some proper specs already

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Nutella33 · 6 Oct 2015 at 23:08

Orcvader said:
Rewatched the Book video, and it does state dedicated GDDR5 memory for the Nvidia GPU so that actually rules out the low end GPUs. If it's Maxwell we're looking at a GTX 950M as the possible minimum. Not 100% sure but I think that might be comparable with the R9 M370X used in the current best MBP. The SB truly does seem like a MBP killer. This is all my current speculation though, come on Microsoft, lay out some proper specs already .

Ah missed the dedicated bit, that's a bit of hope then. Also yes, quite, we need factoids :mad:

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